DotStat used to just be a single web application to deliver data, but it is now a suite of programs to create, manage and disseminate data with the use of SDMX from the start to the finish. SDMX is a standard way of describing statistical data and metadata and a way of exchanging that information and allowing it to be shared across statistical organisations. This allows our data to be better described, to be interchangeable, to have higher quality and therefore be more relevant to our users.
An example of a search page on "Age"
Search and Browse
Because all our data is now described in SDMX we india rcs data can search for keywords across all our data holdings, a search for “Age” currently throws up hits from the OECD Economic Outlook, World Bank Development Indicators, three IMF datasets and the UK Census for 1971 and 2021.
The homepage of the UK Data Service Data Explorer platform.
Alternatively, you can browse the datasets available by each provider or for census data you can look at the different topic categories across multiple censuses.
The homepage of the UK Data Service Data Explorer platform, highlighting the ability to look at data via the various organisations.